Collapsible tube holder and content ejector



June 26, 1923. 1,460,204

E. A. MARAIFFI COLLAPSIBLE TUBE HOLDER AND CONTENT EJECTOH Filed Feb.12, 1921' ATTORNEY Patented June 26,1923,

UNITED STATES EMILIO A. MARAFFI, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

COLLAPSIBLE TUBE HOLDER .AND CONTENT EJECTOR.

Application filed February 12, 1921. Serial No." 444,402.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMILIO A. MAM-Fri, asubject of the King of Italy, residing at Bridgeport, county ofFairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement inCollapsible Tube Holders and Content Ejectors, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved collapsible tube holder andcontent ejector, and the general object thereof is to produce a noveldevice which shall consist of relatively few parts, shall be simple andinexpensive to manufacture, shall be durable, easy to manipulate andpractically impossible to get out of repair.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter referred to with a revoluble key which will permit the readyattachment of a,collapsible tube of tooth paste or the like. turned isadaptedto draw the tube between a pair of rollers. Th rollers arelocated close enough together so that, as the tube is drawn betweenthem, the paste or other soft material contained therein is squeezedthrough the outlet provided at one end of the tube. In the operation ofmy novel device the empty end of the tube is wound about the key.- Thedevice of the present invention is so constructed that it may be securedto a wall or to the side of a cabinet where it is held in convenientposition for use.

With the above and other objects inview, I have devised the novelcollapsible tube holder and content ejector which I will now describe,referring to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, and using reference characters to indicate the severalparts. I

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the novel device, as in use;

Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof, looking from the rightin Fig. 1;

Fig. 3. a similar view partly in section on the line 33 in Fig. 1; and

Fig. l is a section on the line 4.4 in Fig. 2, looking in the directionof the arrows, with the tube removed. the figure being turned with theaxes of the key and rollers extending vertically. though in normaloperation they extend horizontally.

10 denotes a bracket or frame which is substantially U-shaped. havingparallel sides 11 and 12, and cars 13 on the ends of said sides. Theears form a base for attaching The key when the'bracket to a wall orcabinet 14, holes be ing formed in the ears to receive screws 15 forthat purpose. Revolubly carried in the which the device is operated,.aswill be de scribed. To prevent the key from moving longitudinally of theframe. I form. on the end of the key adjacent the thumb piece, anenlarged flange 22, and at the other end I strike up a boss 23, saidflange and boss being located outside thesides 11 and-12. Numerals 24denote a pair of rollers located parallel to th key and to each other,preferably below and on 0 posite sides of the key. The ends of the rolers are reduced at 25 and are passed through vertical parallel slots 26in sides 11 and 12, heads 27 being struck up on the ends to retain therollers in the slots. It will b noted that the rollers are movabletoward and away from the key. The front face 28 of the bracket may berounded to present an ornamental appearance, and an inscription, such asseen in Fig. 1. may be stamped thereon to indicate the use oft-hedevice.

In use the sealed flattened end 30, ordinarily provided on tubes oftooth paste and the like, is passed between the rollers 24, and into theslot 17 in the shank of the key. End

'30 is then bent over on one side of the shank,

as at 31.,to attach the tube to the key, and to prevent the tube fromfalling out of the slot. To eject som of the content from the tube, thehey is turned by the thumb piece to draw the body of the tube betweenthe rollers, which will cause. the contents to flow through the usualoutlet, it being understood that the cap 32 is first removed from thetube. In turning the key the empty end of the tube, as it comes from therollers. will. be coiled around the shank v18. It will be apparent thatthe tube body bearing on the sides of the rollers opposite the key willkeep the rollers pressed toward the key and against the tube, thustightly compressing each convolution as it is wound on the key andexpelling any particles of material-from the tube that might not beexpelled by the pressure of the rollers, the same being best seen inFig. 3. As the coil on the key beof the foregoing that I haveaccomplished.

' the objects primarily stated and that I have rovided a simple andnovel holder and content ejector for collapsible tubes. My device isreadily attachable for convenient use on a wall or cabinet, and is soconstructed that it will completely expel the entire contents While Ihave shown and defrom a tube. scribed only the preferred form, there aremany modifications in construction and arrangement of parts possiblewithin the spirit and scope of my invention as set forth in thefollowing claims: i

l. A device of the character described, comprising a bracket, a slottedkey revolubly secured in the bracket, and a air of spaced apart rollersarranged aral el to the key and carried in slots in t e bracket,permitting them to be moved toward and away from the key, said slotsbeing arranged to 'allow the rollers to bear on .the coil of collapsedtube on the key.

2. A device of the character described, comprisin ed in the racket andhaving a longitudinal slot, means for preventing longitudinal movementofthe key, and a pair of rollers carried in substantially parallel slotsin the a bracket, a key revolubly mountframe, said rollers beingarranged parallel x.

to the key and movable 1n said slots toward and from the key and adaptedto bear on thecoil of collapsed tube on the key.

3. A device. of the character described comprising a bracket, a keyrevolubly mounted in the bracket and provided with means to hold acollapsible tube so that the same maybe wound on -the key, and a pairofspaced apart rollers arranged substantially parallel with the key, saidrollers being movable in substantially parallel paths toward andfrom theke and adapted to bear on the coil of collapse tube on the key.

. In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' EMILIO A. MARAFFI.

